October 2011

This release is the first release of IcedTea based on OpenJDK7 since it was released for general availability. It includes all changes from the public OpenJDK7 tree, together with the latest security fixes and a number of IcedTea enhancements.

The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK using Free Software build tools, along with additional features such as a PulseAudio sound driver and support for alternative virtual machines.

The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 using Free Software build tools, along with additional features such as a PulseAudio sound driver and support for alternative virtual machines.

The patch for this issue did not apply to the older versions of HotSpot (14 and 16) supported by the 1.8 release series. It is believed that the underlying issue is also not present in these versions, but for safety, we recommend using the latest 1.10.x release series where possible.